Fishing-line attachment.



Patented J une 2, 1903.

Prion.

PATENT CHARLES SMITH, OF CHICAGQv-ILLINOIS.

`FISHINGLINE ATTACHMENT.

spEerFrenrmNfm-ming part of Letters Patent mirages?, dated .rune 2, 1903.

Application tiled December 16, 1902. Serial No. 135,394. tNo model To all whom it 72mg/ cm1/corre:

Be it known that I, CHAT-inns W. SM1rH,a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Fishing-Line Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to fishing-line attachments consisting of bobs or floats; but it may also be applied to sinkers.

Gbjects of my invention are to provide simple and convenient means whereby floats and sinkers can be readily attached to and detached from fishingdines, and particularly to permit the user to readily shift a float along the line in accordance with well-known requirements.

In carrying out my invention I provide the float with a longitudinally-adjustable stem having a hook or notch adapted for engaging the line and arranged at one end portion of the stem, and Where my invention is applied to a sinker I provide the latter with a similar adjustable stem. By adjusting the stern so as to project its end portion having the hook or notch out from the body of the iioat or sinker the line can be caught in the hook or notch, and by then reversely adjusting the stem the line thus engaged by the latter will be drawn into and wedged within the bore in which the stem is arranged for adjustment,

and in this Way the parts will be practically locked together.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows in elevation a fishing-line float having the stem engaging the line and adjusted so as to temporarily fasten the iloat, upon the line. Fig. 2 is a like View showing the stem ad justed into position to permit the line to be attached to or disconnected from the stem or to permit the lioat and its stem to be shifted along the line. Fig. 3 is a section through Fig. l on dotted line 3 3, the stem being shown in elevation. Fig. 4 is a like section through Fig. 2 on dotted line et 4. Fig. 5 shows the stem detached from the float. Fig. 6 shows in section a fishing-line sinker with my improvement applied thereto, the adjustable stem being shown in elevation.

The float A may be of any desired form and of any suitable material. The stem B extends through an axial bore with which the float is provided and is iitted within said bore, so thatwhile it will be held in engagement with the float underall ordinary conditions by frictional contact it can be adjusted longitudinally through the float, or, what is the same thing, the float by the application of suitablydirected power can be adjusted along the stem when the latter is held against end move ment. One end portion of the stem is pro vided with ahoolz, which is preferably formed by making an oblique notch h in the stem. When this notched end portion of the stem is projected from the float, as in Figs. 2 and 4, the line C can be caught in the notch, as illustrated, and by then relatively adjusting the float and .stem so as to retract the notch portion of the stem Within the oat, as in Figs. l and 3, a portion of the line will be drawn Within the float and the parts of the line adjacent to the notch will be wedged between the stem and the iloat., and thereby the float will be securely held upon the line. When the float and stem are relatively adjusted, as in Figs. 2 and 4, so as to project the notched end portion of the stern from the float, the stem which carries the ioat can be slipped along the line from point to point, as maybe desired.

In Fig. G the stem B, having a hook or notch I), is adjustably applied to a sinker D and adapted for engaging the line and for adjustment as hereinbefore' described in connection with the float.

IVhat I claim as my invention is l1. The combination with a fishing-line of an `attachment therefor provided With a longitudinallyadjustable stern having a hook or the shing-line.

CHARLES W. SMITH; Witnesses:

CHARLES G. PAGE, OTTILIE C. SHEERING. 

